A court in Cambodia on Thursday sentenced the country's former ambassador to South Korea to five years in prison on charges of corruption and abuse of power.http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/12/01/world/asia/ap-as-cambodia-corruption.html?_r=0

Brazilian authorities are investigating thousands of reports of fraud and criminal interference in the country’s municipal elections, including one case in which the country’s most notorious prison gang allegedly funded…

The government has suspended the governor of Bangkok, the country's most senior elected official, on Thursday while the country's attorney general investigates allegations of corruption and misuse of city funds…

Oxfam America has gone to court seeking court order to have Securities Exchange Commission implement transparency law which was passed by Congress five years ago and was supposed to be implemented within 270 days. Oxfam says that the delay in implementation allows secrecy under which international mining companies continue to bribe foreign governments and exploit mineral extraction. As a result, developing countries are losing about $ 1 trillion every year.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/raymond-c-offenheiser/secs-waiting-game-must-end-for-oil-mining-transparency_

Government in Lebanon has lifted bank secrecy laws and frozen 13 bank accounts over corruption and funding terrorism. With more investigations going on, the government seeks to uncover more cases of corruption and money laundering some of which is used to finance terrorism. Other cases include internet fraud and drug trafficking. https://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Local/2015/Apr-30/296261-lebanon-freezes-13-suspect-bank-accounts.ashx,

The new Anti-Corruption Bill in Germany is seeking a five year jail term for doctors found guilty of corruption. The Bill seeks to seal corruption loophole in the health sector, which has for decades hindered the fight against corruption in the health sector. Lack of criminal provisions for doctors in German health law has led to corrupt practices in the health sector resulting to challenges such as rice in the cost of healthcare and ill medical practices.http://www.euractiv.com/sections/health-consumers/german-government-poised-tackle-corruption-healthcare-313782

Transparency International says in its report that lack of control over lobby groups is threatening democracy in Europe. Among Transparency International’s concerns were lack of public documentation of who is lobbying whom, with what resources and for what purpose. The report “Despite the fact that lobbying is an integral part of a healthy democracy, multiple scandals throughout Europe demonstrate that without clear and enforceable rules and regulations, a select number of voices with more money and insider contacts can come to dominate political decision-making.http://www.euronews.com/newswires/3005800-lobbyists-threaten-european-democracy-anti-graft-body-says/